the piece appeared in "the san francisco chronicle " " this weekend. before we talk about the case of josÉ and jamie, if he could put this into broader context on this bed rinse de. >> across the country there are nearly bare -- nearly a million veterans waiting to find out if the va will give them disability compensation for the wounds they received in war. this is a backlog of disability claims that has more than doubled under president obama. when he took office, there were over 400,000 veterans waiting period now there are 830,000 veterans waiting on the disability claims. as we previously reported could put this into broader context on this bed rinse de. >> across the country there are nearly bare -- nearly a million veterans waiting to, and these wait times are getting longer and longer. in city like new york, chicago, los angeles, san francisco, veterans are waiting over a year to get compensation for their wartime wounds. so the question becomes, why are there such egregious delays? what we found in this more recent investigation was that thes